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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

19 OCT 1969

The man they said was a spy tells the story of his ordeal

19 MONTHS IN A CHINESE PRISON

"I confessed. Who wouldn't?"

By NORMAN BARRYMAINE

While the eyes of the world were on other hostages of Mao, a 69-year-old British journalist who had been operated on for cancer was with grim fortitude quietly enduring the hardships of a Shanghai gaol. Released this month, Norman Barrymaine, who had been writing articles for The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Telegraph Magazine, tells of tho pressure he was subjected to and how he was able to survivo. 7EARILY I sit up on the Whard board bed, auto matically checking the time by the friendly star's align- ment with the centre bar of the high window. My watch had been taken from me 19 long months before when handcuffs had been snapped on my wrists and I was charged with spying. I judge it is about midnight.

The grey prison is monas tically quiet. Then a warder clears his throat, a sound like tearing calico. A sharp, metallic ring as phlegm hits metal tells me his ai he has hit the edge.

olf,

I settle back to seek sleep

again, pulling the shabby pale-blue cotton quilt around my ears. The wind from the open window is chill

An unexpected noise brings me sharply awake. The six- inch observation trap in my door has been closed.

Nor- mally it is open, and every half-hour a pair of eyes check The key presence.

in the grates metallically in padlock.

I sit up, suddenly colder' than even a winter wind could make me. At this hour

The bolt is slammed back with a clang that

clang that echoes through the building. The two-inch wooden door opens. The expected warder is not there in the dim light, but a security officer, who with peremptory gestures orders me to dress. I stagger to my feet. My old bones have

never come to terms with the hardwood bed.

Nervously I fumble with the buttons of my unironed shirt. Impatiently the officer indicates that I am to hurry. I pull on my trousers, two sizes too big due to a near-starva tion diet for 19 months. What, I wonder, is to be my fate

now ?

I have never been in a court. I &m completely ignorant of the legal pro- cedure of the China of Mao Tse-tung thought. For the first time since my imprison- ment began I am thoroughly 'frightened.

# months earlier * Few prisoner had been taken from his cell and shot.

It was 12 months since last I had faced interrogation: 48 weeks of worry and appre- hension: 1,440 minutes, most of them awake, of dreariness, deprivation uncertainty.

I had agonised over this moment many times during these long mouths of waiting. What would be my reaction when I faced the moment of truth? Had it come?

Inside the door the public security man gestures me to sit down in the iron-wood armchair-so heavy that you

cannot move it-facing 4 desk. One officer is already seated at the table. He is the interpreter. The officer who had awakened me walks round the desk and takes the centre chair. The interpreter hands him a thickly bound volume-my confession.

The

interrogation, assume, is beginning all over again. I recall that not long after my arrest the officer in charge of my case warned me that unless I confessed all my crimes the interrogation would go on six months, a year, two years, or longer, and might even be resumed after I was sentenced.

"Do you repont your crimes?" ho asked icily

| tonaries are paper tigers.

appearance the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they From a are not so powerful. long-term point of view, it is not the reactionaries but the people who are really powerful,

The interrogator looks at me icily. A long minute's silence, then the harsh question: "What have you been thinking these days 1

When is my case to be settled?" I ask.

"What have you been think- Ing about your crimes ?"

"I regret that I infringed the Whangpoo River regulations relating to photographs,

"Do you repent your crimest" "Yes"

The interrogator, a short man with a beaky nose, is flicking over the pages of my confession. He finds the page he wants. Another question Another

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question .. Another question An hour passes. I still don't know if my case is being re opened.

Then the mood of the Interro- gator changes. He speaks softly

"How is your health 7" "Not very good."

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From his tunic pocket the

"What are your troubles ?" officer takes out his red-bound quotations from

"I am suffering stomach and voluine Chairman Mao. This is normal abdominal pains after meals. But procedure. No-one in China. I am now taking some new medi- today can successfully accom cine, which seems to be help- I walked out into the ball, plish even the most rudimentary ing" and gnawing

followed the security officer to the one-storey building with 26 tiny rooms in which you confess your crimes the con- fessionals, I call them.

task without the inspiration of Mao-thought. He opens the

"Do you think we have taken

volume, dicks over the pages,, good care of your health ?" and in Chinese begins to read. || "Yes, I do." Da stein, respectful voice the interpeler intones: All reac

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By now I aut wondering why this new line of questioning. May I now begin to hope?

What have we done for

*I have been in hospital four times, three lor renal infection and a long period last winter for my blood pressure."

The interngalor is writing it all down

"What

at the operation

we performed1"

I am puzzled. "What opera tion?"

"The option for the soft tumour on your back.

"I am sooy. 1 had forgotten; it was so long ago."

The interrogator goes on writing. A third officer enters the room and takes the vacant the speaking Without seat. interrogator looks up from his notes. "The uvw oficer pods his head. The interrogator indicates I should stand. He pushes the "Sigo notes across the desk, it."

I pick up his fountain pen and sign the list five pages. I am

signing

the sixth and final paze

as the interrogator says; "Write *This is my confession and it is

correct",

He is pushing a red-ink pad

across the desk. ́ ́ Put your right thumb print on each page."

As we walk back to the cell I hear Chinese prisoner in another coalessional room being Poor devil. My cell grilled. door closes. The bolts cling. I 10 the undress, walk across window, check the time by my star. Two hours of the night have slipped away. I lie down and in a few minutes lose con- sciousness.

Lawake, and against reguls, tions I get up, throw off" my quilt, pace the cell floor. Á warder is looking through the trap. He signals me to go back

to bed.

A few minutes later the bell to get up echoes through the binding The warder slains the trup 2. 1 take off my under give myself my and

bath. The not too bad, Gng how many cars before we have the

west wind.

My morning daily dozen are exhilarating. I dress and say my prayers. It is about 7 o'clock. My bottle of ink has not been deliv ered by the warder. This is ua usual

Time passes. Again the key grates in the padlock. The door opens, and a warder is gesticulat- ing with his hands for me to pack up my belongings, but not Tay quilts. I now know I am leav ing the prison. Previously when they had changed me to different cells I was always made to take the bedding with me.

The warder leaves me and Thirty again closes the door. minutes later the door opens again to reveal the Interrogator. He motions me to follow him.

We walk a short distance to e small room just outside the main hall of the prison. In the court yard crowd of rubber-necking warders, their wives and child- ren peer at me impassively. In the room is a photographer and apparatus for Bnger printing. I am finger-printed and photo- graphed many times.

On my bowed head a

lenient penalty

The interrogator then leads me to what I had dubbed the grand committee room, in which most of my interrogating, was › done. I am ordered to sit down. Immediately I am told to stand up. A plump officer rises from his chair, holding in his band a thick paper document.

"Bow your head."

He reads the indictment. I am guilty of spying. I am guilly of slandering Chairman Mao, But I have confessed my crime and I have changed my attitude, those who confess. I am expelled Chairman Mao is lenient to from China. He lays the docus ment on the table. "Sign it."

Into the room warders are carrying all my belongings from the cell and my suitcases from

storeroom. The ul nost the confusion prevails as I am lold to pack up my things, The' interrogating officer, looking impatiently at his watch, urges me to hurry.

two wash-

1 am informed that I am being taken to the Hongkong border immediately by train. I try to leave behind" my basins, but I am told to take them, presumably because I had paid for them, I hand my toilet paper to the warder. 1 am told to take it. I have paid for that, too.

Warders pick up my packed luggage and carry it out to a

waiting 1948 Oldsmobile. I have

for

this old American car as it had several times taken me to see the doctor..

IT all began on February 22 last year, when my Polish freighter, the Hanoi, was ordered to anchor at Woosung as we were leaving for Hongkong. It was lunch-time, and I thought this was very curious because only a few minutes before the pilot had told me that we should be at the Yangtse pilot station at 3 o'clock.

After I had finished lunch I went into the lounge, where the pilot and the security officer were sitting chatling. They said that the ship had been ordered to anchor to await instructions.

Security mon go through my belongings

About an hour later the security officer came to my cabin and asked to search it. Ha found my cameras, and inquired if they were loaded. I said they were not. lle then found three rolls of colour films exposed in Shanghai and along the Whang- poo River. There was also one in Chungjin, the northern port roll of black and white of scenes of North Korea, where I had been on an assignment for The Daily Telegraph in connection with seizure of the American spy-ship Pueblo. The officer went away with may films,

1 was handcuffed and hustled out of the room and down four nights of stairs into a waiting car and driven across the city to a prison in the former French concession. I was taken into

At 10 o'clock at night he returned to my cabin with another security officer and This made a second search. time they went through every- including thing meticulously, my letter file, a folder of inno- small reception room and given cent personal photographs and number, 1248. I was very carefully searched. All my Royal Air Force buttons were all my research material. I was questioned about some of my

and ring were taken. letters. I was then told I could cut off my blazer and my walch

go to bed.

At 6 o'clock the next morning there was a knock on the cabin

doạt.

to the cabin and ordered me to dress. We went to the saloon where half a dozen officers of the security police sat in a semi- circle. There was one vacant chair in front of them.

I was told to sit down and informed that I was being taken ashore to the frontier station to From my cabin 1 was confess allowed to take only my over coat, a black briefcase in which I had my passport and money, and a comb.

I was taken to the fourth Roor of a large building just off The Shanghai's famous Bund. interrogation began immedia tely, although I had had no breakfast. It went on until 12 o'clock. We then broke off for lunch, brought in from the near- by Peace llotel, for which I paid.

The interrogation was sumed at two o'clock, went on until six, and was resumed at eight. We finally packed up at two in the morning, when they I brought in a Chinese meal. spent the night on a sofa. This went on for three days. I was not allowed to wash or comb my hair as my brief-case had been taken away from me.

On the evening of the third day 7 was removed to the head- quarters of the public security bureau in Shanghai and here I lived and slept on an old rusty iron bed for seven harrowing Late on the afternoon of days. the tenth day, March 4, a pun ber of officers came to the room, one holding an ominous-looking vellum document from which he began to read. I was charged with spying.

A warder banded me two

quilts and I was hustled fato stairs to the first floor to a cell completely devoid of any fyrnk ture except a small concrete non- Rush toilet. I must confess that I felt pretly depressed at the sight of the cell The door; slammed shut.

For half an hour I walked up and down wondering for hows long 1 had lost my freedom. My only consolation was that I was 68 years of age and bad led a romantic and exciting life, visit- ing almost every country in the world, I knew that my sccusera would never be free to go anywa where.

I slept on the floor for a time;? completely exhausted. Then I was roused and taken to the interrogation TOON.

The inquisition went on untilė after midnight, the first of hugs. dreds of sessions during which millions of words were spoken? on both sides, and a few confes"", sions were made on my part Who wouldn't confess, when you know the importance to which Maoist China attaches to con-? fessions? Until you confess you? never get out,

On the third day of my Imprisonment I was moved from' this third floor to a ground floor! cell which was filthy. The concrete floor probably had not been swept for many months, The walls could not have beed whitewashed for years. It_faced ' porth and was bitterly cold. Two anonths later I was again moved to a cell on the south side, where : I stayed for the rest of my incarceration.

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Immediately after my impri reggient I knew 1 had only two niust somehow problems. imaialua my health and my merale. This could be done only by the most rigid discipline every day, I had no reading matter for five months, when I' w permitted to buy the works

of Chairman Mao.

But books or magazines wera; almost the least of my problems. To begin with thera was the problem of washing my laundry, with one bowl and a delivery of cold water only twice a day, I overcame this "by washing the clothes in the morning and rins- ing them in the afternoon, Then I was allowed to buy a second" bowl. 1 aundry days were Mon- days, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

This schedule enabled me to' have clean underclothes every other day and a clean silk shirt on Wednesday and Sunday, Iron, ing the shirts presented a prob lein, but I solved this by using" any enamel mug immediately my hot water was brought-all i was given to drink.

It was not until I was trans- ferred to the third cell that I really settled down and estab, lished a good routine of early physical exercises, morning prazer, and filing the day by talking-in imagination-to my daughter Anne or friends. dictating imaginary news stories to my newspaper and doing word games. These became fas cinating, and I will give modest prize to anyone who can get more than 854 words out of

straightforwardness."

Then there were the hours of reading Mao and copies of the Peking Review. This magazine. enabled me to learn, one month. after his inauguration, that, Nixon was the President of the United States. But I did not: know of Man's miraculous moon? walk until I reached Hongkong, On the other hand the inter preter told me the day after" wards of the assassination of Martin Luther King.

Wfact saved· me from

a breakdown

My biggest deprivation was exercise. Once I did not leave my cell for three weeks. Normal exercise was about 20 minutes once a week, in a small com- pound for individual prisoners. pound for individual prisoners.

I think I survived as well as I did by imagining I had volun- farily entered a monastery for a period of spiritual and physical recuperation. Fortunately I was born with a very optimistic tem perament and with a sense of humour. These two qualities saved me from a breakdown,

On the evening we arrived to Canton my guards were very anxious for me to go to the Friendship shop, exclusive to foreigners, and spend a little more of my foreign currency. My last act in China was to sit on- a wooden bench at the end of the long bridge at the Hongkong frontier and settle my accounts.

The interpreter produced all receipts for everything that had been bought for me during the journey down from Shanghai la the way of food, clothing that I

in". had been permitted to buy in Shanghai, my toothpaste, soap:: and toilet paper. In 19 months I had spent over £50. I sald to. the interpreter that I did not. want the receipts, and that Ĺ fully trusted his accountancy But he insisted on my taking them.

We all stood up and the senior officer gave me a small lecture, then read to me from Mao's redi breviary:

*Lifting a rock only to drop It on ones own feet ta Chinese folk saying to describe the behaviour of certain fools." The reactionaries in all count- ries are fools of this kind. They wanted me to carry mỳ: own luggage, but I put my foot: down and demanded a porter.9 Then I set out on the most wonderful walk I have ever! taken. When I reached the Hongkong side I turned rounds The three guards were still standing rigidly at attention watching me.

Surely they did not expect me? to turn round and walk back again..

1969 The Sunday Telegraph.

The author after release: a wonderful walk to freedom.

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Our telegram No. 812 of 13 October was a summary of the 3 hour account Norman Barrymaine gave me and three of my colleagues a few hours after he crossed the border at Lo Wu. He then went into Queen Mary Hospital and into the hands of the Daily Telegraph correspondent, Frank Robertson.

I visited Barrymaine six days later, on 17 October, For a private conversation lasting 14 hours. Private is not the most accurate description. We were interrupted by several telephone calls and by visits from Radio Hong Kong, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Hong Kong "Star". Barrymaine is thoroughly enjoying himself. He is well looked after at the hospital and is in telephone communication with numerous newspapers and broadcasting companies round the world.

He is not a politically sophisticated observer. has an interesting story to tell about conditions inside the prison and his own personal experiences in keeping sane. But he has little information about other aspects of life in China.

The following details may be of interest.

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In paragraph 2(b) of our telegram No. 812 we mentioned a report Barrymaine had written on Haiphong and marked "for Adam or Gibbon, Phoenix Park", The officers he had in mind were of course Alec Adams and Jock Given. still not sure exactly what names he wrote on the document that fell into the hands of the Chinese, He confirmed that it was Alec Adams and Jock Given that he had in mind but he then went on to speak of Adam and Gibbon. The report on Haiphong is something he produced on his own initiative thinking that it was appropriate for a British journalist to make available to the authorities any information that might be useful to them. It was not clear to me whether anyone at Phoenix Park actually received the document. This initiative is characteristic of Barrymaine. He likes to dabble on the fringe of intelligence activities.

He probably assumes that I represent some intelligence agency and would no doubt be disappointed to be told that it was not so.

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J. Murray, Esq., CMG,

Far Eastern Department,

Foreign & Commonwealth office, LONDON, S.W.1.

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He expects to be approached by representatives of the British and U.S. intelligence organisations in order that he may give further details about his experiences in China. He is at the opposite extreme in this respect from Eric Gordon who would not respond well to any approach that appeared to be from an intelligence agency.

The Chinese asked him a lot of questions about the "facilities" provided by Jock Given. Barrymaine asked them what they meant by "Facilities". They said they wanted to know what contacts in China Given had indicated for him. of course denied that any contacts or any other "facilities" had been suggested to him by Given or any other official. He said that during this part of the interrogation the Chinese interrogator said explicitly that he did not expect Barrymaine to reveal anything that would be damaging to his country.

He confirmed the statements reported in paragraph 4 of our telegram No. 812 that he gave away nothing embarrassing about I.R.D. and that his interrogators were satisfied with an account of I.R.D.'s overt activities.

His interrogators had asked him whether he knew Smith, meaning Leslie Smith, the former Regional Information Officer in Hong Kong, though they left it to Barrymaine to supply the name Leslie. Barrymaine said that Smith was an old friend. He said the interrogators took great interest in this reply and acted as though they thought it significant. Barrymaine says that he did not give any indication of what Leslie Smith's activities vere because in any case he knew little about them.

Barrymaine told me that he had published a story in one of the London papers about 1961 describing how the Soviet Intelligence Service in London had recruited him at a time when he was a Lobby Correspondent to write a monthly memorandum for them against payment of £90 a month. He had consulted Harold Caccia and had carried on the contact under appropriate guidance, though that fact had not been revealed in his nesapaper story. He said that none of this had been mentioned during his interrogation. The Chinese obviously had not picked up that article.

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He is very bitter about the role of Captain Neroni to whom he attributes most of the responsibility for his imprisonment. He said that Neroni, a native of Bari, had been in the Italian Navy and later a Captain in the Italian Merchant Marine. Before he joined the Polish ship to sail vith Barrymaine he was resident in Japan acting as a salesman for the investment firm, 1.0.S. He had a Japanese wife and a child. Barrymaine had shared a cabin with him for three weeks before they were arrested. He thought him a rather unscrupulous operator. He had, for example, boasted about the money he had made on the side as a ship's captain out of the purchase of food for the officers and crev. As the ship left Shanghai Neroni had been on deck taking many photographs whilst Barrymaine had confined himself to taking three only and from what he thought was a more securc position

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in the stern of the ship. Barrymaine believes that it was Neroni's photographic activities not his own that brought the security people on board. The security officials first interviewed Barrymaine in the cabin he was sharing with Neroni at a time when Neroni was elsewhere. Barrymaine denied having taken any photographs at all since the ship left Shanghai. The security officials then searched the cabin. They pulled down a life jacket and out of the pocket fell 12 rolls of exposed film. Barrymaine denied that they were his. Neroni was brought into the cabin and also denied ownership.

11.

When Barrymaine was in prison he was supplied with Chinese magazines which were pushed through his door by the warders. He says that in one of these magazines he found written between the lines what was evidently a draft confession by Neroni. In it Neroni admitted being an agent of the C.I.A. and named his controller in Japan both by his cover name and by his real name and gave details of the salary he was paid. Barrymaine believes that Neroni was indeed a C.I.A. employee.

12.

Barrymaine thinks that Neroni was in prison in the cell next to him until about May of this year. His evidence for this is that he says Neroni was a remarkably loud snorer and he heard snores from the neighbouring cell which he believes must have been Neroni's.

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I am sending copies of this letter to John Denson in Peking, Anthony Elliott in Washington, P.A. Singapore and Sir Anthony Rouse in New York.

You ever, Ather

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YOUR TELEGRAM 710: TRAVEL PLANS OF GORDONS, BARRYMAINE AND WILL.

THE GORDONS ARE NOW STAYING IN THE HILTON HOTEL, TELEPHONE

HONG KONG 233111, UNDER THE NAME OF HARRISON. THEY HAVE MADE

A CONTRACT WITH THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AND ARE SPENDING FEW

MORE DAYS IN HONG KONG TO GIVE THEIR STORY TO FRANK ROBERTSON,

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT. THEY TALK OF LEAVING HERE

ON 22 OR 23 OCTOBER BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THEIR DEPARTURE WILL

BE DELAYED ONCE MORE.

BARRYMAINE IS, IN A PRIVATE ROOM AT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL,

TELEPHONE HONG KONG 468121 EXTENSION 484. HE WILL UNDERGO AN

INTERNAL EXAMINATION IN A FEW DAYS TIME, AFTER WHICH A DECISION

WILL BE TAKEN ON WHETHER OR NOT HE NEEDS AN OPERATION. IT

SEEMS LIKELY THAT IN ANY CASE HE WILL STAY ANOTHER TWO WEEKS

IN HONG KONG AFTER HE LEAVES HOSPITAL WITH A FRIEND HERE,

MR. MICHAEL PAGE.

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BARRYMAINE HAS ASKED US TO PASS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO YOU.

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YOU WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT I MADE ONE REQUEST TO SEE THE CONSUL, BUT NOT UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AFTER MY ARREST AS I REALISED THAT TO SEEK AN INTERVIEW EARLIER WOULD BE QUITE FUTILE. TO THIS REQUEST THERE WAS QUOTE A NEGATIVE RESPONSE UNQUOTE IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, SILENCE. HOWEVER, I WAS QUITE CONFIDENT THAT ALL MY FRIENDS IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE WOULD BE DOING ALL THEY COULD TO SECURE MY RELEASE. I AM MOST DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL YOU DID FOR ME, ESPECIALLY KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH MY DAUGHTER, ANN.

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CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM 812 OF 13 OCTOBER RFI PEKING, POLAD SINGAPORE AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON.

PY TELEGRAM 911 (NOT TO SINGAPORE NOR WASHINGTON) : BAHRYMAINE. BARRYHAINE, WHO APPEARED TO BE IN FULL POSSESSION OF HIS MENTAL FACULTIES IN SPITE OF SOME PHYSICAL ILL-HEALTH, GAVE US A FIRST CONFIDENTIAL ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPERIENCES. MUCH OF IT WILL BE AVAIL- ABLE TO YOU FROM PRESS REPORTS. HE INTENDS TO HARKET HIS STORY THROUGH THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.

2. HE WAS ORIGINALLY ARRESTED BECAUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN WHILST HIS SHIP SAILED AWAY FROM SHANGHAI, HE SAYS HE TOOK ONLY THREE EXPOSURES THEN BUT HIS FELLOW PASSENGER, CAPTAIN NERONI, TOOK MANY MORE AND MUCH MORE OPENLY. ONCE HE WAS ARRESTED THE CHINESE WENT THROUGH ALL HIS POSSESSIONS WHICH INCLUDED HIS FILES AND RESEARCH MATERIAL. THESE INCLUDED :-

(A) COPIES OF AN ARTICLE HE HAD WRITTEN AFTER HIS VISIT TO SHANGHAI IN ABOUT NOVEMBER 1967, IN WHICH HE HAD MADE SOME CRITICAL REMARKS ABOUT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND CHIANG CHING IN PARTICULAR,

(B) COPY OF A SPECIAL REPORT HE HAD WRITTEN AFTER VISITING HAIPHONG, AT THE TOP OF WHICH HE HAD MARKED FOR ADAM OR GIBBON, PHOENIX PARK". (C) ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM ADMIRAL RAMAGE AT THE PENTAGON SIGNED 'JIG' AND FROM ADMIRAL RICHARDSON ON BOARD THE USS 'KITTYHAWK *

SIGNED DAVE'.

3. HIS INTERROGATION HAD LASTED SEVEN MONTHS. HE HAD NOT BEEN PHYSICALLY MALTREATED. THE CHINESE HAD TAKEN CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE ABOUT HIS HEALTH, HE THOUGHT THE PRISON WAS IN THE FORMER FRENCH CONCESSION. HE WAS RELEASED WITHOUT EXPLANATION EXCEPT THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED TO TREAT HIM LENIENTLY.

4. HE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS THREE AND A HALF YEARS EMPLOYMENT BY INFORMATION RESEARCH DEPARTMENT IN THE EARLY 1950S, HE SAYS THAT HE GAVE THEM NOTHING MORE THAN A DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S OVERT ACTIVITIES

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CONFIDENTIAL

5. CURING HIS WHOLE IMPRISONMENT HE NEVER SAW OR HAD COMMUNICATION WITH ANOTHER PRISONER. HE IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WERE PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR OTHER NON-CHINESE PRISONERS IN HIS BLOCK BUT HIS EVIDENCE IS EXTREMELY SLENDER. IT DEPENDS ON THE FACT THAT THE NON-CHINESE PRISONERS HAD DIFFERENT FOOD SERVED IN DIFFERENT CONTAINERS. HE WORKED OUT THAT THERE WERE AT THE MOST SIX, AND AT TIMES ONLY THREE OR FOUR SUCH CONTAINERS IN USE. HE THINKS THAT ONE OF THE OTHER NON-CHINESE PRISCHERS HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE. IT WAS ONLY WHEN HE ARRIVED IN HONG KONG THAT HE HEARD OF THE CASES OF CROUCH AND JOHNSTON.

6. WE HAVE INFORMED THE BLUE FUNNEL AGENTS AND GRAHAM OF THE CHARTERED BANK OF PARAGRAPH 5. SO FAR AS THE BANK KNOWS JOHNSTON DOES NOT HAVE ANY CHINESE. IF THERE WAS A CHINESE-SPEAKING FOREIGNER IT MAY HAVE BEEN VAN ROOS BROEK.

FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY TO PEKING AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON.

SIR D. TRENCH

FILES

F.E. DEPT.

H.K. DEPT.

CONSULAR DEPT.

NEWS DEPT.

I.R.D.

SECURITY DEPT. SIK S. TOKLINSON MR. WILFORD

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

ADVANCE COPIES SENT

FFFFF

CONFIDENTIAL

Cypher/Cat.A

IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

Telno.811

CONFIDENTIAL

RECEIVED IN

REGISTRY No. 50

140CT 1969

FEC 134/2

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

11 October, 1969

CONFIDENTIAL

Addressed to FCO Telno.811 of 11 October. Repeated for information to Peking and Karachi.

Norman Barrymaine entered Hong Kong at Lowu today

at noon.

FCO please pass Immediate to Peking and Karachi.

Sir D. Trench

[Repeated as requested]

DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION

F. EATSERN DEPT. HONG KONG DEPT. NEWS DEFT.

GGGGG

ADVANCE COPIES SENT

CONFIDENTIAL

FEO 130/2

Dakes (38,

17ak

27 August, 1969.

Mr. Korean Barrysing

Many thanks for your letter of 22 August about

Norman Barrysaine who was detained by the Chinese authorities in Shanghai some 16 months ago.

2. We agree with you that it would be pointless to try to pass a copy of the circular letter from the Air Public Relations Association to him. Our Mission in Peking has only recently tried to send a letter to Barrymaine from his daughter but it was returned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The circular letter could not hope to fare any better. The Chinese have been very unfortheosing about Barrymaine's case despite constant pressure from us here and in Peking ever since he was detained. It was only a month ago that the Chinese Mission in London admitted to his daughter in a letter that he was in fact in detention. have yet to pass this information on to us officially. additional reason for not passing the letter on to Barrysaine is that it would haziy help his case to reveal to the Chinese, if they do not already know it, that he was a press officer in the Royal Air Force. The Chinese might well put quite the wrong construction on this piece of information despite the fact that this dates froŭthe laat war.

3. I hope that with thene arguments you will be able to satisfy Mr. Harold J. Wilson.

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T. Cochrane, Esq., 0.B.E.,

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,

Whitehall,

Main Building,

LONDON, "G.T..

(C. Wilson) Far Eastern Department

Phatipage ford to Mr. Thom

"ELAINE"

Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

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27th August, 1969.

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Colin Wilson, Esq.,

Far Eastern Department,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

London,

S.W.1.

Dear Mr. Wilson,

-25E. 1907

FEC 130/1 12/2

Thank you for your telephone call on Tuesday evening.

As promised, I enclose a fairly recent photograph of my father, and I would appreciate it, if this could be returned to me at a later date. Perhaps when you show this picture, you could mention that since this was taken, my father had lost some weight, and was in fact quite slim.

I do hope that some information will come from the interview, and look forward to hearing from you further.

Yours sincerely,

Abarrymaint

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Anne S. Barrymaine (Miss)

PEO 130/2

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27 August, 1969.

Mr. Hon sa Barrenaine

Many thanks for your letter of 22 August about Norman Barrynaine who was detained by the Chinese authorities in Shanghai" some 16 months ago.

2. We agree with you that it would be pointless to try to pass a copy of the circular letter from the Air Public Relations Association to him. Our Mission in Peking has only recently tried to send a letter to Barrynaine from his daughter but it was returned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The circular letter could not hope to fare any better. The Chinese have been very unforthcoming about Barrynaine's oase despite constant pressure from us here and in Peking ever since he was detained. It was only a month ago that the Chinese Mission in London admitted to his daughter in a letter that he was in fact in detention. have yet to pass this information on to us officially. additional reason for not passing the letter on to Barrysaine is that it would hazây help his case to reveal to the Chinese, if they do not already know it, that he was a press officer in the Royal Air Fores. The Chinese might well put quite the wrong construction on this piece of information despite the fact that this dates froɛ the last war.

3. I hope that with these arguments you will be able to satisfy Mr. Harold J. Wilson.

They

T. Cochrane, Esq., 0.3.E.,

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,

Main Building, Whitehall,

LONDON, 9.W.1.

(C. Wilson) Far Eastern Department

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24th July 1969

I have been asked by Freddy Gillman and George Fearon to send you the text of à letter they have drafted which is set out below.

"It has been proposed that the original R.A.F. Fress Liaison Officers and photogra; hers recruited in 1939 by the late Kr. C.F. Robertson, of the Air Kinistry, together with ordinera in "Rolbie's" departa nt, should celebrate the 30th nanivoreny of their call-up by a reunion on Tuesday 2 Se topb.r not, the expat lite of the unive❤rnry.

It was on

2 Se; Leuber 1939 that the first contingent reported at the Air Kinistry to receive their instructions and postings.

Arrangements have been wide for this reunion to take the forn of a surper to be held at the Press Club, St. Brile's House, off Salisbury Saure, Flet Street, London, E.C.4. at 6 for 7 p.m.

The cost, excluding; all drinks, will be about £.0.0d. per head.

It is hoped that we shall have as guests Sir Lionel Heald, Chrirman of the APRA, Lord Willoughby de 3roke, Mr. Harald Peke (our first 2.7.R.), Tommy Cochrane and Harold J. Wilson (Robbie's Deputy.

It is intended that invitations should go to all those who joined the R.A.F. as FLOs (later renamed IROS) up to 31 December 1939."

Attached is list of those whom we believe are 1igible, unfortunately the files thit would have eat :blished who was recruited before the end of 1939 cannot be triced in the umes pro those thut have come cut of verlova irdi ihula' memories. If you know of any omissions I would be most grateful to know them. Loter on of course I will gond delils of the rangements and also

a list of those who have been able to nocept.

I have been able to establish the whereabouts of all the surviving chaps on the attached ligt except Douglas Kissnch and Alan Clutton-Brock. Any Information on their whereabout would be appreciated.

Terhaps you will kindly let me know na soon as convenient whether you hope to be there. (It has suddenly struck me that none of you cin be under 60!).

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L. V. Dodds

Tom Wisdon

W. A. J. Lawrence

T. S. Sprice Donald McCullough Alan Clutton-Brock

S. F. Tolman

V. A. Mackenzie

Norman Barrymaine

Stanley Devon

Douglas Kissack

George Fen"on

Charles Bry

Graham Cawthorne I. A. Nickolls

Andrew Rice

Rene EcColl

David Grant Harry Hensser

Arthur Wilson

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The Crries of the British Chargễ d'Affaires present their Complima ta to the Consular Degertuent of the Ministry of Foreign stairs of the People's Republic of China and have the benen: to refer to their Notes numbered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162 and 143 of the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th of Auguet, 14th of Jeptember, 24th of October and 20th of November, 1568, und 3, 3, 50, 82 and 102 of the 2nd of Jummary, 13th of V-brunry, 14th cớ Zarok, £2nd of Xay and 13th of June, 1969, which Pequest:^. confirmation of the reported arrest of Kr, HoFMAN Bary:r ine, details of say sharges brought against hin, and

immediate ameular socess to him,

Tho Cffice of the British Chargă d'Affaires have so far eived ne reply to the above mentioned Keton, Thưy again urgently request the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreig: *ffaire to furnish the information requested on the abova British subject and to paruit immediate consular seO DES to him.

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Depertas. ↑ of the Hinistry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Okina kameranée of their highest consideration,

Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires,

21 July, 1969.

(750 130/2)

Far Eastern Departaont

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24 July, 1969.

I enclose a photostat copy of a reply received by Mise Barryanine to her approaches to the Chinese Mission in London on behalf of her father and a copy of my reply to Miss Barrymaine. They are, i think, self-

*xplanatory, and show a less negative

ettitude on the part of the Chinese Mission.

R. R. Garside, Esq.,

PEKING.

(C. Wilson)

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E. J Sharland

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I enclose a photostat copy of a reply received

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Mission in London on behalf of her father and a copy

of my reply to Miss Barrymaine.

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on the Chinese Mission previous behaviour,

(FEC 13C/2)

Far Eastern Department

23 July, 1969.

I am replying to your letter of 9 July to John Sharland, who has now left this department, and the copy of the reply you have received from the Office of the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London to your requests for information about your father. Curt though the Chinese letter is, you will appreciate that it is the first confirmation we have received from Chinese sources of your father's detention and that his case is still under examination.

I imagine you will wish to take up the Chinese offer of an interview, when you might be able to find out a little more about your father. (It might be advisable to take along with you a family friend. I suggest therefore that you write to Mr. Lu Teung-sin thanking him for his offer to arrange an interview for you and suggesting two or three possible dates and times.

When you receive an interview, I suggest that you express particular concern about your father's health, stressing his age and previous operations for brain tumour and ask for reassurances about his health. Although I am not sanguine that they will permit your father to write to you I can see no harm in your putting this request to them. Indeed, you might leave them a letter to be forwarded asking that it be passed by the appropriate Chinese authorities to your father. It should not be sealed, so that the Chinese may read it if they wish.

I am not hopeful that the Chinese Mission will be able or willing to give you more information than is contained in the letter. They may, however, be prepared to enquire about his health for you. Nevertheless, I believe a visit to the Mission by you will serve to reinforce expressions of concern and appeals for information through official channels and may indeed be more effective in elliciting personal information from them. As regards publicity of your visit - I would have thought that this was best avoided on this occasion.

Perhaps you would address any future correspondence about your father to me or Mr. Sharland's replacement, Mr. R. N. Dales.

Miss A. Barrymaine,

"Blaine",

Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

(C. Wilson)

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"ELAINE"

Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

9th July, 1969

E.J. Sharland, Esq.,

Far Eastern Department,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.

S.8.1.

Dear Mr. Sharland,

I received an answer to my letter addressed to the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London, and have taken a photostat of same, which I enclose herewith.

I have not yet answered this as I would like you to see their letter first, and perhaps you would be kind enough to advise me which line to take when answering this.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Yours sincerely,

Ошиб

Larymaind

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中華人民共和國駐美國代辦處

Office of the Chargé d'Affaires

of the People's Republic of China, London

4th July, 1969

49 Portland Place,

London, W.i.

Tel: LAN-ham 3951

Dear Hiss Anne Barrynaine,

Your letter of 23rd June addressed to our Chargé d'Affaires has been received. I would like to inform you that your father's case is being examined and no further news is now avail- able. I think it is up to you to decide whether to come to our Office for an interview or not.

Miss A. Barrymaine, "Elaine" Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

Yours faithfully,

Z z

(Lu Taung-min)

Private Secretary to the

Charge d'Affaires

FEC 130 2

Far Eastern Department

30 June, 1969.

Thank you for your letters of 5 and 9 June about the case of Mr. Barrynaine.

2. I have not returned Miss Barrymaine's letter addressed to her father to her but have told her of the circumstances of ite return.

3. In reply, Miss Barrymaine has said that she has had no response from the Chinese to the letter she sent to them and has now sent a follow-up. I have written again to her confirming our interest in any reply she may receive and have suggested, on the lines of the second paragraph of your second letter under reference, that should she receive no reply in a reasonable time, she may like to call at the Office to discuss the possibility of a well-publicised visit to the Chinese Mission.

4. I or Richard Dales, who will be taking over from me later in July, will of course keep her informed of developments.

R. R. Garside, Esq.,

PRKING.

(E. J. Sharland)

PFC 13C/2

Far Eastern Department

30 June, 1969.

Thank you for your letter of 23 June about the detention of your father in China. I have forwarded the letter you enclosed to the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London to the addressee and shall look forward to hearing from you again should you receive a reply.

We are of course continuing our representations to the Chinese on your father's behalf and shall let you know of any information we may receive. If you do not receive a satisfactory reply from the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires to your letter you may wish to discuss other possible methods of approach, such as, for instance, a well-publicised visit to the Chinese Mission in London on the lines of the visita paid by the Gordon family and Mr. Will.

(R. J. Sharland)

Miss A. Berrymaine,

"Elaine",

Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Kasex.

سلام

Your Ref: FEC 13C/2

"ELAINE"

Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

23rd June, 1969

E.J. Sharland, Esq.,

Far Eastern Department,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

London.

S.W.1.

Dear Mr. Sharland,

Thank you for your letter dated 9th June, in which you kindly informed me that my letter to my father was returned without comment.from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Although I am, of course, most sorry that they decided not to forward this to him, this is something that we both foresaw and feared.

I have not yet had a reply to my letter addressed to the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London, but rather than let the matter rest, I am enclosing a further letter addressed to them, and would be most grateful if you would be kind enough to look through it for me once again, and forward it on if satisfactory.

If I do receive a reply to the above letter, I shall of

course let you know immediately.

Yours sincerely,

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Chinese Chargé d'Affaires,

49, Portland Place, London. W.1.

"ELAINE"

Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

23rd June, 1969

Dear Sir,

During the early part of May last, I forwarded to you a letter requesting information concerning my father, Norman Barrysaine, who is at present detained in China. I also asked whether I may be granted an interview with you to discuss his CASE, At the present time, I have not yet received an answer to my letter from you.

I would, therefore, be grateful if you could let me have some information concerning my father, or as previously requested, grant me an interview.

As my father is almost 69 years of age, has suffered much from bad health and I have heard no news of him since I read in the papers of his detention some 16 months ago, I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Yours faithfully,

Arunz Barrymainz (Mis)

Dear John

RECEIVED IN

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OFFICE OF THE BRITISH CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES,

PEKING,

9 June, 1969.

Jul

Return of Miss Barrymaine's letter

The news that the Charge was to be permitted to visit Shanghai among other places was announced to him 48 hours after our note requesting that Miss Barrymaine's letter be forwarded to her father was returned to us. In the light of the decision to permit John Denson to visit Shanghai I would suggest that the Chinese purpose in returning the note to us was to make it quite clear in advance that any request for access to Barrymaine by John Denson was quite out of the question. This of course was scarcely needed in view of their eternal and persistent denial of access but I do think it may have been a factor in determining the treatment of our note on this occasion,

2. You will, I am sure, inform me of the outcome of Liss Barrymaine's direct approach to the Chinese Charge d'Affaires in London by letter. If she draws a blank by this approach just as we have drawn a blank at this end I suggest that she should be advised that the only method of approach likely to produce any confirmation of her father's continued existence in this life would be a well publicised visit to the Chinese Diplomatic Mission in London, along the lines of the visits paid by the Gordon family and Mrs. Will,

Yours

ever,

Roger

R.R. Garside,

E.J. Sharland, sq.

FAR EAST I 2 FRTIENT.

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office of the British

Charge d'Affaires,

Peking.

Dear John,

S June, 1969.

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KEC 13421

Please refer to your letter PEC 13C/2 of 15 May and our telegram 346 of 5 June.

I enclose Miss Barrymaine's letter in case you should wish to return it to her.

3. You will remember that last year we forwarded a letter to the Gordons written by a member of their family under cover of a note to Cons:lar Department and that this note was not returned to us. I do not think

that we can read any great significance into the difference in treatment of these two notes. I think you will agree that there is no guarantee that the Gordon letter actually reached its addressee since there have in the past been cases where the Chinese have accepted letters in silence and then not passed then on to the intended recipient. The explanation in the case of the Barrymaine letter may simply be that the Chinese wish to make it mite plain to us that Barrysaine will not be permitted to receive communications at this time.

Yours ever Lager.

R. R. Garside

B. J. Sharland, Esq., Far Eastern Department, P.0.0.

RESTRICTED

Norman W. Barrymaine

"ELAINE"

Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

9th May, 1969

Darling Daddy,

I have been wanting to write to you for a very long time now, but thought perhaps I had better wait.

Mummy and Nanny both send you their love and hope that you are keeping fairly well, and of course I also pray that you are in good health,

I occasionally hear from Margaret and Arthur who are also most concerned for you. They have moved from Como, and are now living in Treviso, near Venice.

Here in England, the weather is beginning to turn much warmer and there are plenty of blossoms on the trees this year.

I am now working fairly locally as Secretary to the Chief Architect at Basildon Development Corporation, in Basildon. I joined the Corporation one year ago and shortly after this I bought myself a little red Mini (second-hand) so that I am now mobile. I was thinking of driving to Italy in the Summer, but this is still just an idea. I feel that perhaps I should go somewhere else for a change, but I know you :ill understand how appealing Italy is.

I will write to you again soon.

Much love to you,

Ann Ey xxx

Note No.82

13/2

The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires present their complimente to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and have the honour to refer to their Notes numbered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162, 183 of the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th of August, 14th of September, 24th of October, 20th of November, 1968, 3, 30 and 50 of the 2nd of January, 13th of February and 14th of March, 1969, which requested confirmation of the reported arrest of Mr. Norman

and Barrymzine, details of any charges brought against him, immediate consular access to him.

The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires have so far received no reply to the above mentioned Notes. They again urgantly request the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to furnish the information requested on the above British subject and to permit inmediate consular access to him.

The C:rice of the British Chargé d'Affaires avail themselves of this opportunity to renew to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China the assurances of their highest consideration,

Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires,

FELINS.

22 May, 1969.

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compliments to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of the People's Republic of China and have the honom to

requent the co-opɛration of the Department in the following

matter.

T.. Crvice have been instructed to pass the attached letter

to Consular Department and to seek the Department's co-operation

in having the letter forwarded to the addresses. The letter is

addressed to Kr. Forman W, Barrymnine, a British subject

reportedly under detention in China who has been a subject of our notes numbered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162, 183 of the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th of August, 14th of September, 24th of October, 20th of November, 1968, 3, 30, 50 and 82 of the 2nd of

1969. Jamry, 13th of February, lịth of March and 22nd of May, The writer of the letter is Mr. Barrymaine's daughter Anne.

The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires avail themselves

of this ✪ortunity to renew to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

the assurance of their highest consideration.

Office of the British Chargé d'affaires,

PAKIET

2 June, 1969.

(FEC 13C/2)

Far Eastern Department,

9 June, 1969

22.

Please refer to my letter of 15 May about your letters to your father and to the Office of the Chinese Charge d'Affaires in London.

I regret to say that we have now heard from our Mission in Peking that their attempt to forward your letter to your father through the Chinese authorities has failed. Your letter was forwarded to the Consular Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 3 June under cover of a note requesting that it be passed to the addressee. Both note and letter were returned without comment to our Mission immediately.

You will renenber from your meeting with Roger Garside and myself on 1 May that we were not too hopeful that the Chinese would be prepared to allow your father to receive correspondence. I am very sorry that our fears have been proved correct but do not believe that anything will be gained by further attempts to get a letter through.

As I told you in my earlier letter I posted your letter addressed to the Office of the Chinese Charge d'Affaires on 15 May. I should be most interested to know whether you have received any reply and if so in what teras.

I look forward to hearing from you in the near future and will ensure that any news we may receive of your father is passed to you imediately. Meanwhile if you wish to call again at the Foreign Office to discuss your father's case I will be most happy to receive you,

(B. J. Sharland)

Miss A. 8. Barrynaine,

"Elaine".

Cranley Road,

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15 May, 1969.

Thank you for your letter of 9 May about the detention of your father in China and the enclosed letters to him and to the Consular Section of the Chinese Mission in Lendon.

I could see no way in which either of your letters night be improved and no thing in them which might cause difficulties with the Chinese. I have therefore sent on in a plain envelope your letter to the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires and will enclose the letter to your father under cover of a letter to Roger Garside in the next diplomatic bag for Peking.

I will let you know as soon as we have an indication from Peking whether or not the Chinese have accepted your letter to your father and should be grateful if you would inform me of the reaction of the Office of the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London to your letter.

(E. J. Sharland)

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Kiss A. §. Barrymaine,

"Klaine".

Cranley Road,

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Far Eastern Departmant

15 May, 1969.

You will remember that when we saw Viss Anne Barrymine on the first of this month we suggested that she both write to the Office of the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London to seek information about her father and attempt to reach him direct with a letter to be handed to the Chinese authorities by your Mission. Miss Barrymaine has now produced the twe letters, both of which are eminently sensible in form and tone. Í enclosed the one to hef father and have despatched by post the one to the Chinese Mission.

2. In reply to Miss Barrymaine I have undertaken to let her know whether or not the Chinese accept from you the letter to her father. I should be grateful therefore if you would let me know in due course.

R. R. Garside, Esq.,

FKKING,

(B. J. Sharland)

RESTRICTED

"ELAINE"

Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

9th May, 1969

E.J. Sharland, Esq.,

Far Eastern Department,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London,

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Dear Mr. Sharland,

Thank you for arranging the appointment for me to meet Mr. Garside and yourself on 1st May.

As you suggested, I enclose a letter to the Chinese Charge d'Affaires, (I couldn't find anything in the telephone directory which gave the Chinese Kission's address, I presumed this might be the same thing) and also a letter to my Father. I shall be very grateful if you would read these both through, and if you consider them to be in order, perhaps pass then on, If, however, you have any suggestions to make on how they could be rewritten, please do let me know, and I will alter them accordingly.

Once again, thank you for your time on 1st May, and I look forward to hearing from you concerning these letters.

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Unar Barymaind

(A.S. Barrymaine.)

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Miss Barrymaine is a very sensible, low-key personality who although obviously fond of her father has not, I would guess, been in very close touch with him in recent years. Her father and mother were divorced a good many years ago and both parents remarried. She lives with her mother. She had no specific request to make, nor of course any information to give us. Kr. Sharland was also present during this interview and he and I agreed that it might be useful if Miss Barrymaine were now to write a completely innocuous letter of family news to her father which we could send to the M.F.A. in Peking under cover of a note requesting that it be forwarded to Mr. Barrymaine. We warned her that it might not reach Mr. Barrynaine and that she would almost certainly not receive a reply from him since it was Chinese policy not to permit people who are being detained for pending investigation to send out letters We also suggested to Miss Barrymaine that she should write to the Chinese Mission in London enquiring after her father's health. We quoted the example of the success of the Gordon family in extracting a statement from the Chinese to the effect that Mr. Eric Gordon and his family were all in good health. Kiss Barrymaine accepted our ideas on both these points.

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Your Ref: FEC 130/2

E.J. Sharland, Esq.,

Far Eastern Department.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

London,

S.W.1

"KLAINE"

Cranley Road,

Westcliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

25th April, 1969

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Dear Mr. Sharland,

Thank you for your letter dated 21st April, advising me that you have kindly made an appointment for me to see Mr. Garside on Thursday, 1st May at 3.30 p.m.

I look forward to seeing you on that date.

Yours sincerely,

Aland Berrymand

(FSC 130/2)

Far Eastern Department,

21 April, 1969.

Thank you for your letter of 8 April about your appointment to see Mr. Garside to discuss the case of your father, who is detained in China. I note that the afternoon of Thursday, 1 May will be convenient for you and have made your appointment for 3.30 p.m. on that day.

I should be grateful if when you come to the Downing Street entrance of the Foreign Office you ask for me rather than Mr. Garside as he has no permanent offige in Londen,

(E. J. Sharland)

Miss A. 8. Barrymaine,

"Elaine",

Cranley Road,

Roa Westcliff-on-8ca,

Essex.

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"BLAINE"

Cranley Road, Westcliff-on-Sea,

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8th April, 1969

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Thank you for your kind letter dated 26th March, in which you advised me that Mr. Garside would be in Londen on 30th April and 1st May, and that you would make an appointment with his on my behalf for either of those dates.

Although, I do of course realise that he will possibly not be in the position to let me have any further news of my father, I will be most pleased to meet him to discuss the present situation.

I would prefer, if this is convenient to you, to make the appointment for 1st May in the afternoon. If, however, this is not possible I would arrange to come to London on either of these days.

I look forward to hearing further from you.

Yours sincerely,

Unut S. Barrymain &

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Far Eastern Department,

26 March, 1969.

Mr. R. Ē. Garside, the officer in our Mission in Peking who deals with consular osses, han returned to London for mid-tour leave and will be going back to Paking in Kay. Mr. Gareide will be available in London on 30 April and 1 May. If you would like to discuss your father's detention with Mr. Garside, I should be plassed to make an appointment for you on one or other of those days.

As you know, the Department in London makes available to you any information vàich we receivo. Kr. Garside will not thereforo be able to give you any fresh new. även so, we thought you might welcome opportunity to discuss your father's case with the man dealing with it on the spot. I shall look forward to hearing from you.

Kiss Barrysain,

"Flaine",

Cranley Road,

Vestaliff-on-Sea,

Essex.

(3. J. Sharland)

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21% Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires present their compliments to the Consular Departeent of the Yinistry of For 1- Affairs of the People's Republic of Chine and have the hon to rafer to their Notes mumbered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162, 183 the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th of August, lịth of September, 24th of Cotober, 20th of November, 1968, 3 and 30 of the 2nd of Jamary and 13th of February, 1969, which requested confirmation of the reported arrest of Kr. Norman Barrymine, details of any charges brought against him, ard iamcdiate consular acesse to him,

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reacivad no reply to the above mentioned Notes, They again urgently request the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to furnish the information requested on the above British subject and to permit immediate consular socess to him,

The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires avail themselves of this opportunity to renew to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Chiza the assuranose of their highest consideration.

Office of the British Chargé d'affaires,

PEKINA.

14 Maro, 1969.

Note No. 30

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The Office of the British Charge d'Affaires present their compliments to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's

Republic of China and have the honour to refer to their Notes numbered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162, 183 and 3 of the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th of August, 14th of September, 24th of October and 20th of November 1968 and the 2nd of January 1969, which requested confirmation of the reported arrest of Mr. Norman Berrymaine, details of any charges brought against hin, and immediate consular access to hin.

The office of the British Charge d'Affaires

have so far received no reply to the above mentioned Notes. They again urgently request the Consular Department of the Vinistry of Foreign Affairs to furnish the information requested on the above British subject and to persit immediate consular access to him.

The Office of the British Charge d'affaires avail themselves of this opportunity to renew to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China the assurances of their highest consideration.

office of the British Charge d'Afrairoq, Peking.

13 February, 1969.

FEC

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22 January 1969

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ARCHIVES No.31

Wilson Esq.,

Far Eastern Department,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

London, S.W.1.

24 JAN 1969

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Dear Mr. Wilson,

Thank you so much for your letter of January 7 about Mr. Norman Barrymaine. I am extremely sorry for the delay in acknowledging it, which is due to my having been laid up for the last fortnight.

I am most grateful for the information you gave me about Mr. Barrymaine. If you should at any time in the future get an address at which I could write to him, I would much appreciate it if you would let me have it.

As there is probably some doubt whether he would receive a letter, even if his address was known, I wonder if you could arrange that anyone on the staff of the British Charge d'Affaires, Pekin, who may eventually be able to see him, just mention to him that Mrs. Sylvia Austin, of Coppet Hold, Midhurst, Sussex, and I send him our best wishes in adversity we were both friends of his many years ago.

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Harold J. Nilem.

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1 7 JAN 1969

FEC13/2

The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires present their compliments to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, and have the honour to rafer to their Notes mabered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162 and 183 of the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th of August, 14th of September, 24th of October and 20th of November, 1968 which requested confirmation of the reported arrest of Er. Norman Barrynaine, details of any charges

brought against his and inmediate consular access to his.

The office of the British Chargé d'Affaires have

so far received no reply to the above mentioned Kotas. They again urgently request the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to furnish the information requested on the above British subject and to perait immediate consular

access to him.

The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires avail themselves of this opportunity to renew to the Consular Department of the Firistry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China the assurances of their highest

consideration.

office of the British Chargé d'Affaires Faking

2 Jamary, 1969

FEC139/2

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7 January, 1968.

Your letter of 11 December to Mr. Hadow, who is now in Tel Aviv, has been passed to me. I am sorry that it was originally forwarded to Mr. Hadow at his present post and that you have therefore not received

□ reply earlier.

Despite repeated requests, the Chinese have failed to give us any information at all about Mr. Barrysaine, They have not even confirmed the fact of his detention although there can be no doubt of it from reports received from the vessel upon which he was travelling. No member of the staff of the British Chargé d'Affaires in Peking has been allowed to visit Kr. Barrymaine nor have the Chinese given us any address to which mail for him can be sent. I regret therefore that I am unable to supply you with any address to which you might write to Mr. Barrymaine.

H. J. Wilson, Esq.,

The Dell,

Hawkehill,

Bourse End,

Bucka.

(C. Wilson)

Far Eastern Departsent

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H.J. Wilson Esq.,

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Your letter of 11 December to

Mr. Hadow, who is now in Tel Aviv, has been

passed to me.

I am sorry that it

was originally forwarded to Mr. Hadow at

his present post and that you have

therefore/not received a reply earlier.

Despite repeated requests, the Chinese

have failed to give us any information at

all about Mr. Barrymaine. They have not

even confirmed the fact of his detention

although there can be no doubt of it

from reports received from the vessel upon

which he was travelling. No member of the

staff of the British Chargé d'Affaires

in Peking has been allowed to visit

Mr. Barrymaine nor have the Chinese given

us any address to which mail for him can be

Bent. I regret therefore that I am unable to

supply you with any address to which you

might write to Mr. Barrymaine,

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Dear Robin,

BRITISH EMBASØY,

TEL RECEIVED IN

ARCHIVES No.31

19 Decembe JAN 196963

FEC 136/2

I enclose a letter which has reached me here. Somebody is clearly not abreast of the news!

Perhaps you could deal with

Mr. H. Wilson.

Your ever

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Michael

W.R. Haydon, Esq.,

News Department,

(Michael Hadow)

Foreign & Commonwealth Dept.,

LONDON, S.W.1.

The Dell Hawks Hill

Bourne End Bucks

Bourne End 20287

11 December 1968

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RECEIVED IN. ARCHIVES No.3,1

JAN 1909

FECIS

R.M. Hadow Esq., CMG,

Head of the News Department,

Foreign Office,

Downing Street,

London, S.W.1.

Dear Mr. Hadow,

I have recently read in the press that Mr. Norman Barrymaine is one of the British journalists whom the Chinese have been holding in prison in his case since last February.

I have worked with Barrymaine in political journalism in this country, and also in Air Ministry Public Relations during the war, and would therefore like to write to him. I would very much appreciate it if you would let me know his address, if you have one.

Yours sincerely,

Harold J. Wilm.

H.J. Wilson

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31 December, 1968

Thank you for your letter of 26 December with which you enclosed a letter addressed to Kiss Barrymaine, which I have to-day forwarded to her.

I regret that I am unable to give you any further news about Miss Barrysaine's father. Despite repeated requests the Chinese have failed to provide us with any information about him. We shall, of course, contimas to press the Chinese for information.

We had hoped that the publicity generated by last month's visit by our Chargé d'Affaires in Peking to Mr. Gray might have induced the Chinese to adopt a more reasonable attitude about the British subjects in detention in China. These hopes have, so far, proved groundless and there has been no change in the position.

D. C. Maxwell, Esq.,

C/O Poste Restante,

Athens,

Gresos.

(2. J. Sharland) (Far Eastern Department)

THE ATHENS HILTON

Home address.- 631, Wilbraham Road,

Chorlton-cum-Hardy,

Manchester.21.

Dec 26th. 1968.

RECEIVED IN ARCHIV: No.31

- Į JAN 1909

FEC 13C/2

130/2

Dear Mr Sharland.

As you kindly promised some many weeks

ago before I left for the Continent, I am forwarding to you a letter

that I would like you to forward to Miss Harrymaine.

You may

remember that her father is on the of the people detained by the

Chinese at the moment,

Also if you have any recent news, I shall

be pleased to hear. I shall only be heat at the Hilton for the

immediate Xmas period, but if you write me c/o Poste Restante,

S.A.E. enclosed for the purpose, just to confirm this, I shall be

bust have My

most pleased. I would have written earlier, wy only just arrived

from a 7 week tour of the 4 astem Europe countries to the north of

me and I didn't want to write from there.

Thank-you for your help in the past,

and look forward to hearing from you shortly,

Yours faithfully),

D.C.Mgx

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The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires

present their compliments to the Consular Department of the

Hinistry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of

China, and have the honour to refer to their Hotes mubared

76, 81, 123, 141 and 162 of the 24th of June, 4th of July,

17th of Angust, 14th of Septerber and 24th of October, 1968

which requested confirmation of the reported arrest of

Ir. Formen Barrysaine, details of any charges brought against

his and inmediate consular access to him.

The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires have

so far received no reply to the above mentioned Notes. They

again urgently request the Consular Department of the Ministry

of Foreign Affairs to furnish the information requested on

the above British subject and to permit immediate consular

scossa to him.

The Office of the British Chargś d'Affaires avail

themselves of this opportunity to renew to the Consular

Department of the Hinistry of Foreign Affairs of the People's

Republic of China the assurances of their highest consideration.

office of the British Chargé d'Affaires,

Poking

20 Jovember, 1968

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENT TAL

Dear Jones.

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No.31

- 4 DEC 1968

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In the course of a conversation with Kichael Wilford today about the British "hostages" in China, I recalled a point about Norman Barrymaine's past history of which you may not know and which ought possibly to be on the record. Barrymaine, as you probably do know, was employed as a writer in I.R.D. in the '50s when I was in the Department. I went to Peking subsequently and in the course of destroying consular archives there during one of our periodic flaps I went through the records of the Consular Courts during the 208. In a record of the (I think) Tiensin Court for about 1925 I discovered a photograph of Norman Barrymaine and details of his sentencing to a substantial period of imprisonment in China for (I think) fraudulent conversion.

I have a feeling that after sore cogitation I informed Personnel Department of this because I thought they should have it on record. I mention it again now because it seems to me just possible that the Chinese may have something on or aggirat Norman from those ancient days. In fact, it seems to me much more likely that (as was rumoured in Hong Kong at the time of his disappearance) that he had done scrething stupid in the photography line when visiting Shanghai on an earlier voyage in the Far East a year or more ago.

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Awkey Ehir

(T.A.K. Elliott)

Janes Kurray, Esq., C.X. Ĝ.,

Far Eastern Department,

Foreign & Commonwealth Office,

London, S. W. 1.

PERSONAL & CONFIDENT TAL

mte No. 162

FIVED.

ARCHY

- & nov 1968

FEC130/2

Leo 12/11

The Office of the British Chargể d'affaires present

their compliments to the Consular Departaent of the Ministry

of Foreign Affairs of the People's eyablie of China, and

have the honour to refer to their Notes mebered 76, 81, 123

and 141 of the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th of August and

14th of September, 1968 mich requested confirmation of the

reported arrest of Ir. Horman Harryanine, details of any charges

brought against him and immediate consular ascess to him.

The Offies of the British Charyể d'Affaires have so far

received no reply to the above mentioned notes.

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Foreign Affairs to furnish the information requested on

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him.

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LOSITANOSS of their highest consideration.

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24 October, 1968.

KO/BARRY MAINE N

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21 OCT 1968

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27 September, 1968,

Below

Thank you for your letter U3/6 of 22 August to George Boon enclosing a copy of a letter from Amnesty International about the case of Mr, Norman Barrymaine, who was detained by the Chinese on or about 23 February last.

2. I am afraid I cannot add much to the information already given in Amnesty International's letter. The background to the case ab we know it is as follows:

3. On 14 March we received a report from the "Daily Telegraph" that they had heard that Mr. Barrymaine, who had been a passenger aboard the Polish ship "Hanoi", had been detained by the Chinese authorities in Shanghai. On 16 March our Mission in Peking addressed a Note to the Chinese authorities asking for information about Mr. Barrymaine and for Consular access if he was detained. Despite repeated requests no information about Mr. Barrymaine has been provided by the Chinese nor has Consular access been allowed. We are, therefore, unable to give any details of any law under which Mr. Barrysaine may have been charged and know of no court before which he has been brought.

4. We have learned from Mr. Barrymaine's family that he is aged

and that his health is not robust. This information was passed to the Chinese in a Note on 2 April but failed to induce a response. Mr. Barrynaine has written articles on China in the "Daily Telegraph" magazine but these were published after his detention.

He 18, however, an active free lance journalist and it is likely that he

y have taken pictures or notes while in Shanghai which the Chinese might regard as hostile to their regime. He had previously visited Haiphong in North Vietnam aboard a visiting ship and sub- sequently wrote an article about his experiences.

5. We shall continue to make representations to the Chinese seeking details of any charges there may be against Mr. Barrymaine and Consular access to him. In the light of previous experience of other cases of detained British subjects, however, we cannot be hopeful of receiving any helpful reply.

P.R. Spendlove, Esq.,

British Embassy,

WASHINGTON.

(D.R. Avery)

(3/6)

UNSIFIED

BRITISH EMBASSY Gand

WASHINGTON, D.C.

22 August, 1968.

Dear Boon,

We have received the enclosed letter from the Investigation Department of Amnesty International of the U.S.A. We have acknowledged receipt and told Mr. Nutting that we have forwarded their letter to you for such information as you find At mossible to provide.

KO/BARRYMTAINE

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G.A.J. Boon, Esq.,

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(P.R. Spendlove)

Consular Department,

F.O./C.O.

UNCLASSIFIED

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This office is engaged in the collection of information about individuals in all countries including the United States who may be regarded by our organization, after investigation, as prisoners of conscience. We define as a prisoner of conscience any person who is imprisoned or otherwise similarly restrained merely as a result of holding or expressing a religious, political, or other opinion that does not advocate violence.

In that connection the case of the person named above has been brought to our attention. We do not have sufficient information in our files to determine whether or not this person should be regarded as a prisoner of conscience, or, if so, what action we should take. Accordingly, we would very much appreciate your helping us to obtain the information in the items checked below:

Prisoner's Full Name: Morgan BánhYNAL.

Place of Birth:

Passport or Nationality: British

Name of Spouse or NOK:

Address of Spouse or NOK:

No. and Ages of Children:

Prisoners Occupation: free lance journalist Professional Org, or Union:

Religious Affiliation:

Political Affiliation:

Date and Place of Arrest: Changhai, 23 Feb - Durass?

Reason Detained:

Law Underwhich Charged:

Date and Place of Trial:

Was Trial Open?

Was Trial Proper and Fair?

Name of Attorney:

Address of Attorney:

Finding or Verdict:

Sentence:

Place of Detention:

Can Prisoner Receive Mail & Visitors?

Physical Conditions of Detention:

Forced Labor?

Other Mistreatment?

Needs of Family:

Date of Release:

Sources of Additional Information:

Restrictions on Use of Info. Provided Above:

COMMENTS:

We are enclosing an extra copy of this letter for your files. Thank you in advance for any information you may provide us, Please return this form to Amnesty International of the U.S.A. at the address indicated above.

Sincerely yours,

Q-Charles Vothing

Investigation Department

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